AUV/ASV Subsea Survey

The Need: Operation and Maintenance (O&M) of offshore wind farms (OWF) and oil and gas (O&G) fields must maintain the integrity and protection of their subsea cable, flowlines and foundation infrastructure over the 20+ year (O&M) lifecycle. Massive OWF expansion is in the pipeline.

The Problem: Once offshore installations have transitioned from construction to O&M phase, operators are often constrained by tight budgets and limited staff. Periodic survey of subsea assets is a vital measure that often gets delayed or overlooked. Proper preventive maintenance is a low cost alternative to costly maintenance and repair operations. Conventional survey methods can be:

(ASV) technology enables cost-effective O&M lifecycle survey of offshore infrastructure like; foundations, platforms, array cables, export cables, and pipelines. Unmanned and autonomous vehicle platforms can be pre-programmed with infrastructure waypoints and cable routes. The process of transiting to the site and tracking along cable routs can be automated removing human error and costly man-hours of support. Both platforms share many of the benefits over conventional survey technology. AUV/ASV platform technology provides a lower service price-point resulting from cost-benefits through:

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